Parents Should Stop Robbing Their Children’s Adulthood
Project 3: Synthesis Essay Instructions: Write an essay of 800-1000 words that asserts an original claim and develops it with support that synthesizes three to four of the following texts: “Being an Elephant Mom in the Time of the Tiger Mother”“Parents are Robbing Their Children of Adulthood”“The Rise of the Lawnmower Parent” “In Defense of Lawnmower Parents” Your response should demonstrate your ability to follow MLA style guidelines to introduce sources with attribution, to quote, to paraphrase, to document as needed, and to cite all sources included in the essay. Keep this general rhetorical situation in mind: Your writing should follow genre conventions for academic essays.Your purpose is to synthesize. Your audience is an academic audience, specifically NWCC English Composition I students and professors, some of whom are familiar with the sources, some of whom are not. Focus on demonstrating these skills in your writing: 1. Write compositions containing a focused thesis developed by a logical sequence of detailed support.2. Follow genre conventions for the academic essay, write consistently with the purpose of drawing connections and distinctions among the views of multiple authors, and to meet the expectations of the academic audience.3. Integrate source citations (specifically direct quotations and parphrases) effectively with original writing according to current MLA style. 4. Present final draft writing that has been effectively edited to conform to Edited Standard Written English (ESWE).5. Apply a process of working in stages to complete the project, including but not limited to the steps fostered through the Synthesis module. For further guidance, please refer to the resources in the Synthesis module of our Canvas course. If you have questions, send a Canvas message. If you
NWCC ENG 1113 need help at any stage of your process, make an appointment at the Writing Center! Grading Rubric for the Synthesis Essay Project This rubric will be used to score complete, original essays that respond to the specific requirements of the assignment. A grade of 0% or 50% will be recorded for essays that have plagiarized content, that do not integrate sources, do not follow the assignment prompt, or are not substantial enough to be considered complete, final draft writing. To MEET EXPECATIONS, the writing should demonstrate:Points awarded for EXPECTATIONS NOT MET/MET/EXCEEDED A clearly stated thesis that asserts an original claim about the topic or the treatment of the topic by multiple writers.NOT MET: 6MET: 8EXCEEDED: 10 Logical organization that supports the purpose of synthesis, preferably with point-by-point structure. Transitions are used to guide the reader. NOT MET: 6MET: 8EXCEEDED: 10Development that coherently combines sufficient evidence from multiple sources with interpretation and explanation to advance and prove the thesis. NOT MET: 6MET: 8EXCEEDED: 10Attention to genre conventions for the academic essay, the purpose of synthesis, and the expectations of the academic audience. NOT MET: 12MET: 16EXCEEDED: 20Ability to integrate sources in a variety of ways, with In-text citations that follow MLA guidelines, and a variety of source citations used effectively—both quotation and paraphrase—to support claims. Source citations are integrated smoothly, avoiding problems detailed in “Annoying Ways People Use Sources.” The Works Cited page includes accurate, complete citations that match the sources cited in the text of the essay. NOT MET: 18MET: 24EXCEEDED: 30Edited Standard Written English--The essay is free from serious or repeated errors in grammar and mechanics that distract the reader from the ideas being communicated. The final draft is presented in MLA Format. NOT MET: 12MET: 16EXCEEDED: 20NWCC ENG 1113 need help at any stage of your process, make an appointment at the Writing Center! Grading Rubric for the Synthesis Essay Project This rubric will be used to score complete, original essays that respond to the specific requirements of the assignment. A grade of 0% or 50% will be recorded for essays that have plagiarized content, that do not integrate sources, do not follow the assignment prompt, or are not substantial enough to be considered complete, final draft writing. To MEET EXPECATIONS, the writing should demonstrate:Points awarded for EXPECTATIONS NOT MET/MET/EXCEEDED A clearly stated thesis that asserts an original claim about the topic or the treatment of the topic by multiple writers.NOT MET: 6MET: 8EXCEEDED: 10 Logical organization that supports the purpose of synthesis, preferably with point-by-point structure. Transitions are used to guide the reader. NOT MET: 6MET: 8EXCEEDED: 10Development that coherently combines sufficient evidence from multiple sources with interpretation and explanation to advance and prove the thesis. NOT MET: 6MET: 8EXCEEDED: 10Attention to genre conventions for the academic essay, the purpose of synthesis, and the expectations of the academic audience. NOT MET: 12MET: 16EXCEEDED: 20Ability to integrate sources in a variety of ways, with In-text citations that follow MLA guidelines, and a variety of source citations used effectively—both quotation and paraphrase—to support claims. Source citations are integrated smoothly, avoiding problems detailed in “Annoying Ways People Use Sources.” The Works Cited page includes accurate, complete citations that match the sources cited in the text of the essay. NOT MET: 18MET: 24EXCEEDED: 30Edited Standard Written English--The essay is free from serious or repeated errors in grammar and mechanics that distract the reader from the ideas being communicated. The final draft is presented in MLA Format. NOT MET: 12MET: 16EXCEEDED: 20
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Parents Should Stop Robbing Their Children’s Adulthood
In the 21st century, things have changed, and young people have become over-dependent on their parents. Young adults want their parents to make decisions for them since they cannot stand up independently. In particular, it is not right to see a freshman who cannot handle his or her problems without involving a parent. By problems, it means settling conflicts with colleagues or addressing the faculty to change class schedules. Although parents are required to nurture their children, they should not over-represent them. Children should be taught at a young age how to take the responsibilities for their actions. Parents should avoid over-representing their children since doing so hinders them from taking up their responsibilities when they grow up.
Although parents want their children to have good life experiences, they should not think on behalf of their young ones or come up with solutions to problems all the time. Young people should be nurtured to stand by themselves so that they can become responsible adults in the future. Priyanka Sharma-Sindhar’s “Being an ‘Elephant Mom’ in the Time of the Tiger Mother,” shows how parents want to be the best while bringing up their children. By tiger mom, the author means to be an ultra-strict disciplinarian (Sharma-Sindhar). These are the kinds of parents who believe that they should protect their children, nurture, and encourage them. However, they forget to leave children to do things on their own sometimes so that they can learn at a young age that decisions that people have consequences. On the contrary, an elephant mother is the one who always sides with their children. They cannot challenge their young ones to do things better since they show them that there is always another chance to try again. In that light, if a child fails in an exam, the parent stands by him or her instead of showing them that poor performance will have an adverse effect on their lives. Parents need to show their children that doing the right thing or passing an exam does not come without hard work.
Other parents are obstacles to their children's future success. Claire Cain Miller and Jonah Bromwich call such parents "snowplow parents." They keep their young one's futures obstacle-free (Miller and Bromwich). By saying obstacle-free means that these parents do the thinking all the time for their children. For example, they are the ones who decide when the child should be playing, doing homework, or even visit friends. Notably, it is not a bad thing for p...